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FOOD DRUG DISTRIBUTION [5 records]

Record 1 2025-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Regulations and Standards (Food)
  • Medication
OBS

The Food and Drug Regulations set out requirements for the manufacture, packaging, labelling, storage, importation, distribution and sale of foods, and prescription and non-prescription drugs in Canada. Requirements for drug clinical trials are also set out in the regulations.

OBS

FDR: The abbreviation FDR is used, but not official.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements fédéraux canadiens
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Alimentation)
  • Médicaments
OBS

Le Règlement sur les aliments et drogues énonce les exigences qui régissent la fabrication, l'emballage, l'étiquetage, l'entreposage, l'importation, la distribution et la vente d'aliments, de drogues sur ordonnance et de médicaments vendus sans ordonnance au Canada. Le Règlement établit également les exigences qui se rapportent aux drogues destinées à des essais cliniques.

OBS

RAD : Bien que l'abréviation RAD soit utilisée, elle n'est pas officielle.

OBS

Règlement sur les aliments et drogues : Le terme «drogue» peut désigner un médicament uniquement dans le contexte de la Loi sur les aliments et drogues et de son application.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
CONT

Weighted recommended nutrient intakes(WRNI) became part of the Food and Drug Regulations in 1996. They are considered to represent the nutritional needs of the total population because they are weighted according to the age and sex distribution of the Canadian population.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
CONT

Les apports nutritionnels recommandés pondérés (ANRP) ont été intégrés au Règlement sur les aliments et drogues en 1996. Ils sont considérés comme représentant les besoins nutritionnels de la population totale parce qu'ils sont pondérés en fonction de la répartition de la population canadienne selon l'âge et le sexe.

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
CONT

The Food and Drug Administration(FDA) is establishing a unique device identification(UDI) system to standardize and adequately identify medical devices through their distribution and use. When fully implemented, the label of most medical devices will include a unique device identifier in human and machine readable form. The unique device identifier is a unique set of alphanumeric codes consisting of both a device identifier(company and product code) and a production identifier(specific manufacturing information).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
CONT

L'identifiant unique des dispositifs (IUD) permet d'assurer la traçabilité des dispositifs médicaux au travers d'un code international, unique et non ambigu, identifiant chaque dispositif médical (DM) tout au long de son cycle de vie.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Routes of Administration (Pharmacology)
  • Parasitoses
DEF

Distribution of common salt containing an antimalarial drug in such a proportion that every user will obtain with his regular food a daily amount of the drug sufficient to eliminate malaria parasites from the blood stream.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies d'administration (Pharmacologie)
  • Parasitoses
DEF

Fourniture exclusive à la population de sel de cuisine contenant un médicament antipaludique en proportion telle que tout individu ingère, avec sa ration alimentaire usuelle, une dose quotidienne de médicament suffisante pour faire disparaître le parasite du paludisme du sang circulant.

Spanish

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Record 5 1997-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Biotechnology
CONT

The potential therapeutic applications of encapsulated cell technology are enormous... It appears likely that over the end of the decade clinical trials of encapsulated cells to treat many diseases will become a reality. The Food and Drug Administration has already authorized studies to evaluate the safety and biological activity of several types of systems. A number of issues will have to be addressed, including the sourcing of raw materials, the design and building of manufacturing facilities, the scale-up and optimization process, storage and distribution of the product, and quality control.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Biotechnologie

Spanish

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